The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Lance Corporal H T Cain

Photograph by "Claude Laignel"

Lance Corporal Henry Thomas CAIN, L/9877, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds received in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 21st October 1914.

Born Rochester, Kent, son of Alfred Edward & Elizabeth Cain, 9 Burritt Street Delce Road, Rochester, Kent.

1911 Census - 9 Burritt Street, Rochester, Kent - Alfred Edward Cain, head, age 44, married, labourer, engine drivers mate, H.M.Dockyard, born Portsmouth, Hampshire; Elizabeth Cain, wife, age 43, married 20 years, 7 children, 6 still alive, born Rochester, Kent; Alfred Henry Cain, son, age 19, single, engine turner loco works, steam traction & loco engine making, born Rochester, Kent; Elizabeth Cain, daughter, age 18, single, born Rochester, Kent; Henry Thomas Cain, son, age 14, school, born Rochester, Kent; Frederick George Cain, son, age 7, school, born Rochester, Kent; Ellen Cain, daughter, age 6, born Rochester, Kent; John Edward Cain, son, age 3 weeks, born Rochester, Kent.

Enlisted Chatham, Kent, age 18 years & 5 months, height 5ft 5 inches, weight 123lbs, fresh complexion, brown eyes, brown hair, several scars on back. Formerly general labourer (coal wheeler), Rochester Cement Works.

Home 10th June 1912 to 13th August 1914; BEF 14th August 1914 to 21st October 1914.

10th June 1912, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 3rd July 1912, awarded 3rd Class Certificate of Education; 25th September 1912, posted 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 7th February 1914, passed course of Instruction in Transport Duties; 8th July 1914, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 7th August 1914, appointed paid Lance Corporal; 14th August 1914, posted BEF; 21stOctober 1914, posted wounded & missing.

6th June 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, Alfred Edward Cain, 9 Burritt Street Delce Road, Rochester, Kent; Mother, Elizabeth Cain, 9 Burritt Street Delce Road, Rochester, Kent; Brothers - Frederick George Cain, age 15, 9 Burritt Street Delce Road, Rochester, Kent; John Edward Cain, age 8, 9 Burritt Street Delce Road, Rochester, Kent; Sister - Ellen Cain, age 14, 9 Burritt Street Delce Road, Rochester, Kent.

Buried at Crepy-en-Valois Communal Cemetery, South-West corner, Oise, France.

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